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Principal
  San Juan Mendoza Principal
Assistant Principal
  Derek Kostelecky Assistant Principal
  Laura Valdez Assistant Principal
MATHEMATICS
  Francesca Davila 8th Grade Math Teacher
  Brian Gallo ex: 26840 6th Grade Math
  Reyna Galopo ex: 26856 SPED Math
  Jenessa Mckillip ex: 66837 Math Inclusion
  Michelle Winklepleck ex: 26842 Math Teacher
English LANGUAGE ARTS 
  Ricardo Chavez ELD Teacher
  Elena Creamer-Martinez ex: 26859 ELA 7/8 Teacher, AVID
  Rachel Henderson ex: 26825 Athletic Director ; ELD/ELA
  Nivia Hurtado ex: 26834 Bilingual Social Studies, Spanish Language Arts
  Melanie Johnson ex: 26872 ELD Teacher, AVID
  Hadar Maayan ex: 26821 Gifted Teacher, ELA
  Gina Newton-yarber ex: 26895 Science, Literary Strategy
  Leila Pochop ex: 26852 SPED English Language Arts
Social Studies
  Kenneth Fresquez ex: 26845 6th Grade Social Studies Teacher
  Jessica King ex: 26872 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
  Michael Perry ex: 26851 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Science
  Valerie Aguilar ex: 26809 SPED Science Teacher
  Karryssa Caceresmendoza ex: 26898 8th Grade Science Teacher
  Gina Newton-yarber ex: 26895 Science, Literary Strategy
  Kyle Waisanen ex: 26896 6th &7th Grade Science
Electives
  Charles Anderson ex: 26892 Guitar
  Alexandria Cerna ex: 26855 Health Teacher
  Tyler Davis ex: 26873 PE Teacher
  Carolyn Steplowski ex: 26888 VBMS Electives Chair, Choir
  Thomas Trujillo ex: 26873 PE Teacher
  Cassidy Velez ex: 26826 Technology/Yearbook
  Mason Yordy ex: 26887 Band/Orchestra
Educational Assistants
  Bernadette Garcia Staff
  Mary Walsh Staff
Van Buren Falcons
Office Staff
  Annette Caine Staff
  Amanda Carbajal ex: 26863 Community School Coordinator
  Christy Romero Principal Secretary/Bookkeeper
COUNSELING
  Elizabeth Fenton (505) 268-3833 ex: 26810 School Counselor
  Freida Trujillo ex: 26871 School Counselor
SPECIAL EDUCATION
  Ray Rodriguez ex: 26808 Head Special Ed Teacher
Nurse
Speech Language Pathologist

Mary Beth Debevec

mary.debevec@aps.edu

Librarian
  Christopher Oglesby ex: 26875 Librarian
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